[BCMA] West Vancouver Museum's upcoming exhibition

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20, 2010

Fragmented History
Objects and Meaning
September 14 to October 16, 2010

  


(WEST VANCOUVER, B.C.) - The West Vancouver Museum is pleased to present
Fragmented History:  Objects and Meaning featuring a selection of
artworks and historical artifacts from the museum's own collection, and
presented in a series of thought-provoking displays that explore
critical themes pertaining to collecting institutions.   


The act of collecting is rooted in a desire to endow value and meaning
to our lives through the gathering and ordering of the material world
around us. Motives that drive this accumulation of 'things' are complex
and varied, ranging from the psychological desire to possess, the
emotional need to preserve and remember, to the political and economic
drive for power, status, knowledge, and validation.  The history of the
Museum as an institution is inextricably linked to this practice, and
the collections that it houses embody the assumptions about knowledge
and value of the societies and culture that create them.  

 

Fragmented History explores the acquisition, organization, and display
of objects, addressing some key topics in collecting discourse
-authenticity, fragmentation, classification, possession, and the
imbuing of value.  This exhibition includes artworks by well-known B.C.
artists including Emily Carr and Jack Shadbolt, as well as personal
possessions from the estates of B.C. Binning and architect Hugh Hodgson
in juxtaposition with other historical items from the Museum's diverse
collections.  The exhibition will serve to re-evaluate the relationships
between institutions, visitors, objects and collections.

 

The West Vancouver Museum will be holding an opening reception on
Tuesday, September 14th from 7pm to 9pm. For more information about the
exhibition and other programs, please call 604-925-7295 or visit
westvancouvermuseum.ca.

 
Image: Photograph of Scott Paper Towel Display designed by Winston
Elliott, c. 1965

 

 

 

 

 

West Vancouver Museum | 680 -17th Street, West Vancouver, BC  V7V 3T2 |
604 925 7295 | www.westvancouvermuseum.ca

Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am to 5pm, Closed Sundays, Mondays and
Statutory Holidays 

 

 
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